Tomorrow, You Only Have Memories Forever, Again. Twice.
As a child, going to the cinema was special. Seeing even a crummy movie back then was somehow way more fun than seeing an absolutely amazing movie is for me today. Of course, my childhood was in the...
View ArticleA Boxing Day Far, Far, Away..
It’s difficult to preserve memory when your older-self’s revised view constantly overwrites the original impression. How do you file a loving memory of someone you no-longer like? Or childhood memories...
View ArticleOn Drawing
I have recently been wrestling with re-learning how to draw. The loss of my former ability has led me to reflect on what drawing has meant to me in my 30 year career as a cartoonist, and how and why I...
View ArticleMexican Hotel Holiday
My Brother Jo and his family recently invited Julia and I to join them, and my Dad and his wife Wendy, for a holiday in Mexico. We’ve had a rocky time of things the past few years, and this was a...
View Articlethe inbetweener
I first started working at the Hanna-Barbera animation studio in Sydney when I was 17 years old, joyfully working on some of the crappiest cartoons ever made. I remember that time as one of great...
View ArticleHighland Scout
“Sell ticker rain jurrs, wee chwonn?!” Said he. “Huh? Oi dahnd unnerstehnn wotcha saiyin!” Said I. It was my first day at primary school in Glasgow and a mutually unintelligible clash of regional...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Dad!
My Dad’s 80th birthday is July 29th. I couldn’t get back to Australia to celebrate with my family today, but sent this card of cartoons and limericks to mark the completion of Dad’s 80th trip around...
View ArticleLife in the Lean-to
The Baker family has volatile brains. People on both sides of my family tree have suffered strokes, and on this day in 2012 it was my turn. The most recent victim of this family curse was my poor Dad,...
View ArticleReturn of the Peregrinati
Any hometown is a memory palace, and moving through it unlocks feelings from long ago. Source
View ArticleRobert John Baker
Any father is difficult to sum up for a child of that man. Separating father, the role, and Dad, the person. Robert John Baker 1939 - 2023. Source
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